Are We in a Hunk Recession?

The New York Times seems to think we are, and it has something to do with Robert Pattinson

See, in this style article, they point to a statement the editor of US Weekly made when they put him on the cover of their summer bookazine that they did so because we are in a “hunk recession.” Then they somehow made the leap from there to the fact that Pattison’s crazy, moppy hair seems to fall into an overall wild, messy hair trend going on with men right now.

Now, I’m not sure I get the connection (seems to me that Min’s comment wasn't meant to indicate not that a non-hunk is best they could do, but rather that Pattinson is the only super-hot guy out there right now in the teen market). But, that aside, the idea that we’re in a hunk recession at all? Now, that’s fascinating.

Click here to read the article and check out all the wild hairstyles they spotted—some of them are really interesting.

Then tell me: Do you think we’re in the middle of a hunk recession when it comes to the younger crowd? Do you think Chase Crawford and Zac Efron are proof that we’re not? Do you long for the days when the hottest men were also the manliest? Are you still confused about the connection between the “hunk recession” comment and the messy hair trend? Did you kind of love some of the hair in their story? Discuss. I'll be interested to know what you guys are thinking here.